In the seventh stanza the third line is "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons." Our group interpreted this as him measuring his life by the amount of work he has done throughout his life. When a person is working they constantly drink coffee to fuel themselves and keep themselves going, just as he has done through his work filled life. By saying this he is implying that he has almost wasted his life working instead of having fun and enjoying life. He doesn't put himself out there and take risks. Instead, he stays closed and safe and protected by his work. in the other parts of the poems we see that he doesn't want to take the chance of talking to the scholoraly and sophisticated women and he remains held back and shy. This goes along with the idea that he stays protected behing the work that he does. Because he is so shy and closed off he works a lot. This is why he "measures his life in coffee spoons."
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